The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-27
Farm Notes.

IT is truly almost heart-breaking to
listen to the oft-reiterated tales of pow
erty and distress which come to us
from the farm, and to realize that the
greatest enemy the majority of farmers
have to contend with is their own lack
of skill, of forethought and intelligent
labor.-1he Farmer, St. Paul, MINI.
SUCCESSFUL farmers are apt to be
negligent of the duty they owe to their
less skillful, and hence less prosperous,
fellow-farmers. 1t is often said, and
with good deal of truth, that there is
less harmony and union among farm
ers and less effort on the part of in
dividuals to improve the condition of
their class than is seen in any other
Rural World.
WHETHER the Hatch experiment
stations will be used to hide the truth
or tell it flat-footed, Bible-fashion, re-
mains to be seen. We have too much
scientific slop " in circulation already.
1t may reasonably be doubted whether
there are ten men of scientific reputa-
ton in the United States habitually
teaching agriculture and horticulture
in the simple, brief terms the people
understands. b. OlcOtt, IN Hartford
COurdnt.
HoRsE-RAKEs cost from s25 to $40
each, but of course the ordinary farmer
can afford to buy new one every year.
Oh, yes! he is getting rich out of his
farm. During recent trip of less than
two hundred miles we noticed six horse
rakes in as many fields. No need to
ask how they came there-they were
careessly left after the haying season
last fall. And yet some of our farmer
friends are moaning and groaning over
their ill-luck, as they term il, but are so
blind they cannot see the constant leak
age in their assets by negligence in
caring for expensive implements and
other things. Oh, for stroke of some
thing to awaken our agricultural people
from their lethargy!-Comtry Home.
A WRITER in the Weekly Press men,
tons that neighbor had a COW sick
threw the carcass uncooked into pen
where there were nine thrifty growing
pigs, weighing about one hundred
pounds each. The pigs ate of this meat,
as they saw fit. A short time after five
of these pigs were sold, the neighbo1
keeping the remaining four. For awhile
these pigs grew and did well, but in less
than three months they began to Ian
guish, and one after another died, until
not one of the nine was left, all dying
of tuberculosis. This happened in the
case of domestic animals, but why
should not the result have been the
same if human being had eaten of
the diseased meat? If the meat had
been cooked the result might have been
different, but who wishes to eat dds.
eased meat, even after it has been
cooked?
THERE are four noted stations in the
fourth generation from Black Hawk
all sired by David Lambert, that were
raised in the vicinity, and have become
noted sires that will keep up the repu
tation of this breed. Aristos, seven.
teen years old, and Lambertus, nine
years old, raised by John Porter, Ticon
deroga, n. Y, and kept at his Lake.
view farm, and Addison Lambert, fiji
teen years old and Ben Franklin, four
teen years old, bred and owned by ii
L. Cults, Orwell, VT, and kept at hi'
Brookside farm. These four stock horses
are within six or eight miles of eacl
other, but, Notwithstanding this neal
proximity, are doing large business
These four stations, though not old
are getting high reputation for stool
horses, and the Black Hawk family will
not suffer any decline in its distinguish
ing characteristics from the stock o
these fine sires. -ETchdnQe,